'He's low key, a gentleman and not violent': Mickey Rourke stands up for Johnny Depp as star gets accused of abuse by ex Amber Heard

Johnny Depp was accused by his estranged wife Amber Heard of physical and emotional abuse this week after filing for divorce on Monday.

The 52-year-old actor denied he had hurt the 30-year-old beauty, who he met on the set of the 2011 set of The Rum Diary and wed in 2015.

On Friday old friend Mickey Rourke had The Pirates Of The Caribbean star's back when being interviewed by TMZ in Beverly Hills. 'He doesn't seem like a very violent man to me,' said the 63-year-old Nine And A Half Weeks star.

Got his back: Mickey Rourke told TMZ on Friday that Johnny Depp was not a violent person; the actor was in Beverly Hills

He rocks on: Depp of the Hollywood Vampires performs during the Rock in Rio Lisboa festival at the Parque da Bela Vista in Lisbon, Portugal, on Friday

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Rourke, who was wearing his grey hair long and nicely styled, stated: 'He's a very low key guy, he's always been really low key and a gentleman and not violent.'

When asked what he thought of Heard, Mickey played it safe. 'I have no idea, I don't know anything about her. I know nothing about her at all.'

Once so close: Mickey (left) and Johnny (right ) - who worked together on 2003's Once Upon A Time In Mexico - are seen together in 1993

Party pals: The movie stars heading to Depp's birthday party in NYC in 1994

He then got back to Johnny. 'I think he's a really good guy, always been low key, a gentleman,' said the former boxer.

Laurie Holden, best known for playing Andrea on The Walking Dead, also backed Johnny. She tweeted on Friday: 'I, for one, am going to see Johnny Depp‘s new movie. His personal life is just that. Personal. No one knows the real truth so just zip it.'

She added: 'To be clear: I am just saying DON’T JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS. Even a pic might not be telling the whole story….Goodnight twitter warriors!'

Paul Bettany, who co-starred with Johnny in last year's flick Mortdecai, also showed support for the actor.

Bettany took to Twitter to say he's 'known Johnny Depp for years and through several relationships. He’s the sweetest, kindest, gentlest man that I’ve ever known. Just saying.'

One of his followers suggested that 'Just because you get on well with someone, does not mean they are incapable of doing something horrific. Just saying...'

And Bettany replied, 'Well that might be true, but I probably have MORE insight than say… Uh… You… Or all the other piranhas on the internet.'

'He’s the sweetest, kindest, gentlest man that I’ve ever known': Johnny's Mortdecai co-star Paul Bettany also tweeted his support for the actor

Evan Rachel Wood then backed Heard.

The 28-year-old actress tweeted: 'Amber Heard‘s sexuality is only relevant in that bi women are at far greater risk of experiencing intimate partner violence. Bisexuality however is not a reason for violence. It doesn’t mean Heard is somehow immoral or deserving of abuse.'

Also on Friday Depp's lawyer Laura Wasser claimed that Amber was trying to get money out of the star. According to court documents, she stated that Heard is 'attempting to secure a premature financial resolution by alleging abuse,' according to a report from UsWeekly.

Heard has claimed cocaine and booze turned Depp into a violent monster, and in court documents she states she was the victim of multiple domestic incidents during their 15-month marriage.

Nasty split: Heard has claimed cocaine and booze turned Depp into a violent monster, and in court documents she states she was the victim of multiple domestic incidents during their 15-month marriage; here they are seen in January

She said she 'lived in fear' of the star and the idea he could return to the L.A. condominium they shared to 'terrorize me physically and emotionally'.

But sources connected to Depp have told TMZ Amber is lying and point to Instagram where Heard was tagged in a picture with Amanda de Cadenet and model Amber Valletta at de Cadenet's birthday party on Sunday, the day after he allegedly attacked her.

The actresses' hair covered the areas of her face which appeared to have been bruised the day before. The photograph was posted on Instagram by British TV show host de Cadenet on Monday. But it has since been deleted.

Heard and her lawyer Samantha Spector appeared at the Superior Court of California County of Los Angeles on Friday, where she filed for a domestic violence restraining order.

In her declaration of petition for a restraining order, seen by DailyMail.com, Heard said: 'Johnny has a long-held and widely acknowledged public and private history of drug and alcohol abuse. He has a short fuse.

Sad and alone: The actress at the Met Gala in NYC without Johnny in early May

'He is often paranoid and his temper is exceptionally scary for me as it has proven many times to be physically dangerous and/or life threatening to me.’

Last Saturday, during a heated row, Heard said an 'inebriated and high' Depp had grabbed her cellphone, 'wound up his arm like a baseball pitcher and threw the cell phone at me striking my cheek and eye with great force,' the court filing states.

But police officers found 'no evidence of any crime’, despite Heard appearing bruised in a picture she claims was taken after the alleged attack.

Also on Saturday it was revealed that Depp's film Alice Through The Looking Glass was not getting off to a good start.

According to a report from Deadline, the Disney fantasy adventure (which cost $170m to make) is predicted to take in only about $40m over the Memorial Day weekend, which is 65% less than Alice In Wonderland brought in during its first weekend in 2010.

Tough start: The Disney fantasy adventure (which cost $170m to make) is predicted to take in only about $40m over the Memorial Day weekend

The film was first estimate to be able to take in between $55 million and $60 million, according to Rentrak. But that number was knocked down on Friday.

Instead, it appears as if X-Men: Apocalypse will be the big winner of the three-day weekend, making as much as $90m.

Looking Glass has a new director. Instead of Tim Burton, it's The Muppets director James Bobin at the helm.

Not happy: The film was first estimate to be able to take in between $55 million and $60 million, according to Rentrak. But that number was knocked down on Friday

But the stars are the same as the last Alice installment.

Depp again stars as the Mad Hatter with Mia Wasikowska returns as the title character and Helena Bonham Carter as Iracebeth.

Though Johnny has has some massive successes, like The Pirates Of The Caribbean franchise, in the past few years he has suffered some blows, such as 2013's Lone Ranger, 2014's Transcendence and 2015's Mortdecai.

Johnny and Amber wed in February, 2015.

Amber previously dated artist Tasya for four years, before they split in 2012.

She then began dating Johnny, who had recently ended his relationship with longtime partner Vanessa Paradis. Johnny and Vanessa share two children: sixteen-year-old model Lily-Rose and son Jack, 13.